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title: no cap, did the monkey get stuck to the waxy statue? — Indian Fairy Tales, Jack-in-the-Green:… · tree and pragmatics
description: no cap, did the monkey get stuck to the waxy statue? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1260 «Indian Fairy Tales, Jack-in-the-Green: the monkey sticks fast to a waxen figure» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was
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# Test 4 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Jack-in-the-Green: the monkey sticks f…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no cap, did the monkey get stuck to the waxy statue?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cap, monkey · **What happens:** do, get

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1260 «Indian Fairy Tales, Jack-in-the-Green: the monkey sticks fast to a waxen figure» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1260-pg3282-part61/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1260-pg3282-part61:t4:1
# text = no cap, did the monkey get stuck to the waxy statue?
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	waxy	waxy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | no cap |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | present | the monkey |  |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, his whole body stuck fast to it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1260-pg3282-part61:t4:o1:1
# text = Yeah, his whole body stuck fast to it
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stick** | participle |  | his whole body *not said here* | body |  |  | fast *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to it=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, his hands, feet and even his tail all got stuck to the waxy figure

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1260-pg3282-part61:t4:o2:1
# text = Yeah, his hands, feet and even his tail all got stuck to the waxy figure
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
11	all	all	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	waxy	waxy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | his hands and feet and his tail |  |  |  |  | all, stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, his hands and feet all stuck to it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1260-pg3282-part61:t4:o3:1
# text = Yeah, his hands and feet all stuck to it
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	all	all	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, both his hands and both his feet got stuck fast to the big waxy statue

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1260-pg3282-part61:t4:o4:1
# text = Yeah, both his hands and both his feet got stuck fast to the big waxy statue
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
3	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc:preconj	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
10	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	waxy	waxy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | his hands and his feet |  |  |  |  | to the big waxy statue *result*; fast, stuck *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to statue=Result |

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